Scammers Slid into My DMs. It Didn’t End Well. For them.
Published on July 5, 2025
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This morning I got a message claiming my business page was about to be deleted for “identity theft.”
The message looked like this:
⚠️ Your Facebook page may be permanently deleted due to identity theft...
[“Review now” scam link]
Regards, Support Team © 2025
Yeah… no.
You’re really going to try that on someone who wrote a cybersecurity book?
I had a bit of fun replying:
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“Really? You’re sending this to a cybersecurity expert? You are toast.”
Social Engineering Hack Attempt
🔎 Here’s why this was an obvious scam:
- 🚩 The sender wasn’t Meta or Facebook — just some guy named Lucas Rey
- 🚩 The second link (the one they wanted me to click) led to a shady .my.id phishing site
- 🚩 Threats + urgency = classic social engineering
- 🚩 “Support Team © 2025”? Cute. Professional scammers need better graphic designers.
🧠 The Lesson:
Social engineering works because it feels official, scary, and urgent. Even smart people fall for it — especially when caught off-guard. It is the most effective way for "hacking" because people are always the weakest link even in the most secure systems.
But if you stay calm and think logically (or just use a VPN and spam filter), these kinds of attacks crumble.
If you’re promoting anything online — affiliate offers, services, or your own brand — you need to be alert. Scammers target creators, too.
Don’t let them use your trust as a weapon.
Stay sharp, friends.
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